The Last of Us Series Co v2c13 Creator Craig Mazin Silently Pulls His Name From the Borderlands Movie Script

As per the WGA website, the Borderlands film lists Eli Roth and Joe Crombie as writers — the latter is Craig Mazin’s pseudonym. 6l16m

Written by Rahul Chettiyar, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna | Updated: 12 July 2023 19:47 IST

The Last of Us Series Co-Creator Craig Mazin Silently Pulls His Name From the Borderlands Movie Script

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Craig Mazin also created the Chernobyl miniseries for HBO

Highlights

The Borderlands movie cycled through 7 writers, including Sam Levinson
Tim Miller (Deadpool) replaced Eli Roth as director for extra reshoots
Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jack Black are part of the Borderlands cast

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Lionsgate being unsatisfied and ordering more work to be done on it.

Mazin's decision to use a pseudonym comes at a time when he's the most in-demand writer in Jack Black as the comic Hyperion-manufactured robot Claptrap.

Bad Boys for Life). The official website for the Borderlands movie hasn't been updated yet, still mentioning Mazin's name as is, alongside Roth as the director.

As per the official synopsis from Lionsgate, Borderlands largely follows Lilith (Blanchett), an infamous outlaw returning to her home planet of Pandora to seek the missing daughter of the universe's most powerful S.O.B. Atlas (Édgar Ramírez). To complete the task, she pulls together a ragtag group of misfits — former elite mercenary Roland, a feral demonologist Tiny Tina, and the blabbermouth robot Claptrap — and battle swarms of aliens, bandits, and psychos, before the mission eventually turns into a world-saving one.

In other news, Mazin's partner on The Last of Us series TLOU games — as President, by the end of the year. Co-president Evan Wells has chosen to retire after a 25-year-long stint at the company. “This is something that I've been discussing with Naughty Dog's Studio Leadership Team for well over a year, and with Neil for even longer than that. The decision brings with it overwhelming and conflicting emotions, but I've come to realize that I'm content with my time at the studio and all that we've accomplished together over the last 25 years,” Wells said in a blog post.

“I couldn't be more confident in Neil's ability to carry on running the studio. It's the right time for me to provide the opportunity for him and the others on the Studio Leadership Team to steer the studio into a successful future.”

The Borderlands movie currently does not have a release date.

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